Even though you couldn’t escape the sound of caring only about “money and the city that I’m from,” DJ Khaled put together a great song with three of the biggest icons in the game for one of the year’s standout tracks.

Common’s newest album, The Dreamer, The Believer, is going to be huge, and its lead single showed that Common still has some of the best talent as a vet in the game. Also, No I.D. has been on a hot streak, lately.

Despite the dissapointing album that Lasers ultimately was, “All Black Everything” is a tremendous track that makes the listener think about the repercussions of slavery while Lupe raps in the style most of us love him for.

Probably the second-best track off of Watch the Throne, “Murder to Excellence” combines the everyday troubles facing black males in urban areas with the “black excellence” that Jay and Ye emulate. Easily a top song of 2011.

I know what you’re thinking. “Damn, Kendrick has three top 10 songs? Really?”Really. 2011 was Kendrick’s break out year and “HiiiPower” was his best outing. Besides, the Compton native gets a lot of shine on Rapgenius. Sometimes a little too much.

Either you hate what Tyler does, or you love it. But you can’t deny the over-analyzed, contradictive “Yonkers” as one of the best songs of the year. I especially loved it before it got played out by every mainstream fan of his.

Before it was being played 5 times in a row at shows and on rap radio everywhere, the best song from Watch the Throne started the biggest meme-a-thon of the year and had people quoting Blades of Glory and chanting “That shit cray!” Many thought that it would take the top spot on our list..

HOWEVER…

…Nasty Nas himself is king of this list. His return was met with much acclaim. Die hard fans loved it and Nas made himself relevant again after a few so-so solo releases. If it’s any indication, QB’s finest is back to take the reigns as the best rapper in the game. So get some Remy Martin, some good ass cigars, and prepare yourself for what could be another Nas classic

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